Bail set for Pawtucket man who took toddler on Police pursuit

By Stephanie Vargas

news@abc6.com

A Taunton Judge sets bail for a Pawtucket man who was charged with reckless endangerment of a child after he took his 2 year old son on a police pursuit Wednesday morning.

Bristol County DA says bail was set at $1,000 for John Cleveland, 46, of Pawtucket on June 11^th after he was arrested Wednesday for failing to stop for Police with his 2 year old son in the back seat of his vehicle near the intersection of Cohannet and Weir Streets.

Cleveland was arraigned on July 11^th at the Taunton District Court on the following charges:

• Reckless endangerment of a child
• Driving with license suspended, subsequent offence
• Failure to stop for Police
• Driving with suspended registration, subsequent offence
• Concealing number plate

The DA requested a $10,000 bail but Judge Canavan set it at $1,000 with the condition that he doesn’t drive unless he is legally able to. He is scheduled for a pre-trial conference on June 29^th.

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